Bill Text: NH SB434 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to prior authorizations for prescription medicine.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 03/03/2016; Senate Journal 7 [SB434 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB434-Introduced.html
SB 434 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2900
01/04
SENATE BILL 434
AN ACT relative to prior authorizations for prescription medicine.
SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that an approved prior authorization for prescription medicine, excluding opioids and other drugs which have less than a year regimen shall be valid for 12 months.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2900
01/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to prior authorizations for prescription medicine.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Prior Authorization for Prescription Medicine. Amend RSA 415-A by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
415-A:7 Prior Authorization for Certain Prescription Medicine. An approved prior authorization for a prescription medication, excluding opioids or other drugs which have less than a year regimen shall be valid for 12 months. This section shall also apply to Medicaid managed care under RSA 420-J.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
